It was not that the leather on the back goes under the exposure guide, but under the aluminum feet. Getting the leather to properly go under the feet is difficult. The leather was originally put on the back before the feet were riveted in place.
todd On 23-Dec-06, at 8:46 AM, dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Personally I would be very reluctant to send my Rollei in for that work.I would much rather buy the kit and install it myself.I have never used their leather kits but I have replaced the leather on the back, top and winder side of my rollei. It isn't very difficult to do if you have a well lit table to work at. The most difficult thing I have found so far is streching the leather around the black meter dial on the side of the F. I was warned by Todd Belcher about the difficulty of replacing the leather on the back as the leather needs to go in under thesilver frame around the exposure guide. However I went ahead and took the leather off the back of my late model F and found that not to betrue. The leather just fit tightly around the exposure guide. Perhaps on the earlier models like your Es, fitting around that exposure guide ismore difficult and needs to be tucked in.I hope someday to be able to afford a second Rollei that I can cover inblack lizard skin. Dennis PurdyWhile I would never be able to afford to have a Leica painted by Shintaro,getting a Rollei recovered by www.cameraleather.com is more within my means.I have two identical Xenotar 3.5E Rolleis, and have been thinking abouthaving it recoved by them in BR Green. http://www.cameraleather.com/colors/BRgreen.htm Anyone ever send their Rollei TLR to these folks for re-covering? Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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